Maidenhead Camera Club Programme 2005-2006

All events are on Tuesdays at 7:45 p.m. and are held at Cox Green Community Centre unless otherwise noted. Newcomers are welcome to come along and sample the club for a week or so before deciding to join. Our season for 2005/06 extends from 6 September 2005 to 13 June 2006.

   Cox Green Community Centre 
   51 Highfield Lane
   Cox Green
   Maidenhead
   SL6 3AX

A map is available from Streetmap.co.uk

2005

Sep 6	Open Evening - come along and find out how you can improve your photographic skills.
Sep 13	What Did You Do During The Summer - some members reveal all!
Sep 20	Slide Competition No 1. Judge: Roger Mccallum.
Sep 27	An evening with Jessops of Maidenhead - CANCELLED. There will be something in its place!.

Oct 4	Preparing your pictures for competitions - Mounting and Masking.
Oct 11	Print Competion number 1. Judge: John Chandler CPAGB
Oct 18	Snappy Snaps Services Explained by Prakash Chauhan AND How to Publish to This Website explained by Andrew Findlay.
Oct 25	Your Photoshop Questions Answered by Glynn Grylls.
Oct 29 [Saturday]	A Woodland Walk with Rod Bird. Depart Cox Green CC at 09.30. Fast becoming a MCC tradition, whatever the weather, join Rod for a friendly jaunt around a local beauty spot.

Nov 1	Slide Competition No. 2. Judge: Terry Coffey.
Nov 8	A Beginner's Guide to Wildlife Photography with Peter Priest.
Nov 15	Studio Night. A chance to photograph cast members in costume of Maidenhead Drama Guild's next production Snow White. Bring cameras and flashguns.
Nov 22	Print Competition No. 2. Judge: Caroline Colgate LRPS.
Nov 29	Three Clubs Slide and Print Competition. MCC v Henley PS v Stoke Poges PC, at Cox Green. MCC members come along and show your support!

Dec 6	The Scheimpflug Principle Explained - working with large format cameras, explained by MCCs very own Paul Franklin.
Dec 13	Annual People competition - slide and print, judged by Ted Clarke.
Dec 20	Social get together - venue and details tbc.

2006

Jan 3	What have you done recently? Short talks by members.
Jan 10	Slide competition 3. Judge - Andrew Wilson.
Jan 17	The Land of the Midnight Sun by the clubs very own Peter Noble. (Note change of date)
Jan 24	Theatrical photography with Bob Simpson (Note change of event)
Jan 31	Print Competition no 3. Judge - Alan Copeland.

Feb 7	"Latent Images" Developed by MCC's Rod Bird.
Feb 14	Portfolio Competition - 3 Prints or 3 Slides as a set, on a related theme. To be judged by members.
Feb 21	Annual Natural History Slide and Print Competitions, to be judged by Dr Peter Brandham.
Feb 28	Print Competition, to be judged by Ted Clarke.

Mar 5	(Sunday) CACC Wycombe Trophy Competition at Amersham.
Mar 7	Five Clubs Slide Competition judged by Chris Anderson. Slide competition featuring MCCs work against four other clubs. A chance to see other clubs' work, in a friendly environment.
Mar 14	"Darkroom to Digital" one MCC member's journey to pixel perfection, by Mark Russell.
Mar 16	(Thursday) Nine Clubs Slide Competition at Coopers Hill Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell.
Mar 21	To be confirmed.
Mar 28	"Birds of the West Midlands", a very welcome return to MCC by Mike Wilkes, a truly dedicated natural history photographer.

Apr 4	Annual Landscape Slide and Print Competitions, judged by John Chandler.
Apr 11	"Photo Journalism Around the World" with Mike Maloney. A superb opportunity to hear one of Fleet Street's greatest in full flow. Formerly of Mirror Group Newspapers, he is currently best know for his critiques and 'Live' photography events in Amateur Photographer. Takes place at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, tickets £8.
Apr 18	Annual Pictorial Slide and Print Competititons, judged by Alan Copeland.
Apr 25	Fourth and final Slide Competition, judged by Micki Aston from Windsor PS. Let's burn those burgers!

May 2	"You Be the Judge", an interactive evening led by Andrew Wilson.
May 9	Print Competition 5, judged by Caroline Williams from Ealing.
May 16	"Fifteen times Five" - 15 slides in 5 minutes from 10 members, to be arranged and led by Peter Noble.
May 23	Annual General Meeting. A vitally important event in the calendar.
May 30	Annual Creative Competition, judged by Members (who hopefully picked up a few tips on May 2nd) Also includes digitally projected images.

Jun 6	We meet at 6.50pm for a guided walk. Starts and ends at the Dew Drop Inn, towards Hurley.
Jun 13	Summer walk, route to be arranged. A gentle stroll in good company and fine English summer weather, usually topped off with a drink and a meal somewhere.

Past years

2004-2005

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